I’ve done it and you’ve done it. It is going to happen again and it’s going to happen soon. With every line of duty death the Monday morning quarterbacks come out and tell us all what they should have or should not have done. We preach and teach to learn from these tragedies by understanding […]

Jason Hoevelmann

Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal with the Sullivan Fire Protection District, a combination department, and a career firefighter/paramedic with the Florissant Valley Fire Protection District in North St. Louis County.

Tim SimonA Story of Survival with Kansas City Fire Captain Charley CashenI have a story about a mayday that the Incident Commander never answered my MAYDAY! My MAYDAY lasted six minutes and twenty seconds and no one ever came into the building to look for me. The IC said he sent the RIC team right in, however at the five minute and thirty second mark they…
2015-02-23 21:02:26

Dan MartinChoosing the Right Bailout KitThere is academic research out there on portions of these systems; specifically the ropes. Feel free to contact the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, Firefighter Life Safety Research Institute to get more information. We all are in this together, to keep firefighters safe.
2015-02-12 21:42:32